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I have seen 3 cardiologist. First one said I had LVH, mildly dialated left atrium and Trace tricuspid regurgitation. The 2nd one revealed no LVH, no dialated atrium. There was I say was because I believe in God and His healing. They said I have(had) TRACE tricuspid, mitral and pulmonic regurgitation. I was told by the cardiologist, pcp and 2 nurses these do not cause symptoms. In fact, they are normal findings. I've seen a pulmonary specialist who said my spirometry test was "normal". He did a bike stress test turns out my oxygen intake I believe at cessation of exercise was only 56%. He said that is mildly low and should not cause shortness of breath. I would not know because I do not know anything about these numbers.
I call them palpitations because of the fastness of it. So, as soon as I start to move it goes up. And when I'm walking it can get to 120 or sometimes a little more. And its fast. It use to feel like it was beating out of my chest. It sometimes still does that. I notice them because of my fitbit. Both symptoms came on suddenly. I started on a blood thinner and 2 weeks later they started. However prior to that it felt like my heart was "jumping" and I couldn't sleep. Then that stopped. Then did it again for awhile. Then that stopped. Now its fast heart rate. When I sit down it goes down. Sometimes to 59. These symptoms happen on exertion and sometimes when I'm sitting I feel like I have to take a deep breath and can't